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Lexicon :: Strong's H4135 - mûl

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מוּל
Transliteration
mûl
Pronunciation
mool
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1161

Strong’s Definitions

מוּל mûwl, mool; a primitive root; to cut short, i.e. curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e. to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy:—circumcise(-ing), selves), cut down (in pieces), destroy, × must needs.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x

The KJV translates Strong's H4135 in the following manner: circumcise (30x), destroy (3x), cut down (1x), needs (1x), cut in pieces (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x
The KJV translates Strong's H4135 in the following manner: circumcise (30x), destroy (3x), cut down (1x), needs (1x), cut in pieces (1x).
  1. to circumcise, let oneself be circumcised, cut, be cut off

    1. (Qal) to circumcise

    2. (Niphal) to be circumcised, circumcise oneself

    3. (Hiphil) to cause to be circumcised

      1. of destruction (fig.)

    4. (Hithpolel) to be cut off

    5. (Polel) cut down

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מוּל mûwl, mool; a primitive root; to cut short, i.e. curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e. to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy:—circumcise(-ing), selves), cut down (in pieces), destroy, × must needs.
STRONGS H4135: Abbreviations
† II. [מוּל] verb circumcise (Late Hebrew id.; Targum מוּל **but only seemingly in the dubious passages (see III. [מָלַל] and Commentaries) Job 14:2; Job 18:16; Job 24:24 [MS Levy], Psalm 37:2; Psalm 90:6. cut off (grass, etc.: only for III. מָלַל, q. v.); compare Late Hebrew מָהַל, Aramaic מְהַל, according to Thes NöZMG xi. 1886, 741 Baib. xii. 1887, 626 see also מהל above); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singularמָל Joshua 5:4 + 2 times; 2nd person masculine singular מַלְתָּה Exodus 12:44; 3rd person masculine plural מָ֫לוּ Joshua 5:5, 7; 2nd person masculine plural מַלְתֶּם Deuteronomy 10:16; Imperfect וַיָּ֫מָל Genesis 17:23 + 2 times; Imperative מֹל Joshua 5:2; Passive participle מוּל Jeremiah 9:24; plural מֻלִים Joshua 5:5; — circumcise, with accusative בשׂר ערלה (flesh of foreskin) Genesis 17:23 (P), accusative pers. Genesis 21:4; Exodus 12:44 (P), Joshua 5:2, 3(J), Joshua 5:4; Joshua 5:5; Joshua 5:7; Joshua 5:7 (D); figurative ערלת לבב (foreskin of the heart) Deuteronomy 10:16; לבב Deuteronomy 30:6; pass, מוּל בערלה Jeremiah 9:24; מֻלִים Joshua 5:5 (D).
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִמּוֺל (Ges§ 72, R. 9) Genesis 17:26; 3rd person masculine plural נִמֹּ֫לוּ Genesis 17:27; 2nd person masculine plural וֹּנְמִלְתֶּם (consecutive) Genesis 17:11 (for וּנְמַלֹּתֶםמלל Ew§ 234 e; Ges§ 67 R. 11;, but Bö1146 B for וּנְמוֺלֹתֶם); Imperfect יִמּוֺל Genesis 17:12 + 3 times; 3rd person masculine plural וַיִּמֹּ֫לוּ Genesis 34:24; Imperative הִמֹּ֑לוּ Jeremiah 4:4; Infinitive הִמּוֺל Genesis 17:10 + 5 times; הִמֹּל Genesis 34:15; suffix הִמֹּ֫לוֺ Genesis 17:24, 25; Participle plural נִמֹּלִים Genesis 34:22; — be circumcised, of בשׂר ערלה Genesis 17:14, 24, 25; Leviticus 12:3; elsewhere of person Genesis 17:10 (twice in verse); Genesis 17:12, 13 (twice in verse); Genesis 17:26, 27; Genesis 34:15, 17, 22, 24; Exodus 12:48 (P), Joshua 5:8 (J): reflexive הִמֹּלוּ לי׳ Jeremiah 4:4 circumcise yourselves to Yahweh (and take away the foreskin of your heart).
Hiph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural כי אֲמִילִ֑ם בשׁם י׳ Psalm 118:10; Psalm 118:11; Psalm 118:12 in the name of י׳, yea I will make them to be circumcised (enemies, by force of arms; but De cut to pieces (from מוּל = מָלַל), Che mow, Bae annihilate (?), Greek Version of the LXX Aq ἠμυνάμην, Symm διέθρυψα, Jerome ultus sum eas).
Hithp. Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יִתְמֹלָ֑לוּ Psalm 58:8 be cut off, of arrows, i.e. made blunt.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

17:10; 17:10; 17:11; 17:12; 17:12; 17:13; 17:14; 17:23; 17:23; 17:24; 17:24; 17:25; 17:25; 17:26; 17:26; 17:27; 17:27; 21:4; 34:15; 34:15; 34:17; 34:22; 34:22; 34:24; 34:24

Exodus

12:44; 12:44; 12:48

Leviticus

12:3

Deuteronomy

10:16; 10:16; 30:6

Joshua

5:2; 5:2; 5:3; 5:4; 5:4; 5:5; 5:5; 5:5; 5:5; 5:7; 5:7; 5:7; 5:8

Job

14:2; 18:16; 24:24

Psalms

37:2; 58:8; 90:6; 118:10; 118:11; 118:12

Jeremiah

4:4; 4:4; 9:24; 9:24

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4135 matches the Hebrew מוּל (mûl),
which occurs 36 times in 32 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:10 -

“This is my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you, which you are to keep: Every one of your males must be circumcised.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:12 -

“Throughout your generations, every male among you is to be circumcised at eight days old ​— ​every male born in your household or purchased from any foreigner and not your offspring.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:13 -

“Whether born in your household or purchased, he must be circumcised. My covenant will be marked in your flesh as a permanent covenant.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:14 -

“If any male is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that man will be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:23 -

So Abraham took his son Ishmael and those born in his household or purchased ​— ​every male among the members of Abraham’s household ​— ​and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on that very day, just as God had said to him.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:24 -

Abraham was ninety-nine years old when the flesh of his foreskin was circumcised,

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:25 -

and his son Ishmael was thirteen years old when the flesh of his foreskin was circumcised.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:26 -

On that very day Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:27 -

And all the men of his household ​— ​whether born in his household or purchased from a foreigner ​— ​were circumcised with him.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:4 -

When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:15 -

“We will agree with you only on this condition: if all your males are circumcised as we are.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:17 -

“But if you will not listen to us and be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and go.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:22 -

“But the men will agree to live with us and be one people only on this condition: if all our men are circumcised as they are.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:24 -

All the men who had come to the city gates listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and all those men were circumcised.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:44 -

“But any slave a man has purchased may eat it, after you have circumcised him.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:48 -

“If an alien resides among you and wants to observe the LORD’s Passover, every male in his household must be circumcised, and then he may participate;[fn] he will become like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person may eat it.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:3 -

“The flesh of his foreskin must be circumcised on the eighth day.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:16 -

“Therefore, circumcise your hearts and don’t be stiff-necked any longer.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:6 -

“The LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love him with all your heart and all your soul so that you will live.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:2 -

At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelite men again.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:3 -

So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelite men at Gibeath-haaraloth.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:4 -

This is the reason Joshua circumcised them: All the people who came out of Egypt who were males ​— ​all the men of war ​— ​had died in the wilderness along the way after they had come out of Egypt.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:5 -

Though all the people who came out were circumcised, none of the people born in the wilderness along the way were circumcised after they had come out of Egypt.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:7 -

He raised up their sons in their place; it was these Joshua circumcised. They were still uncircumcised, since they had not been circumcised along the way.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:8 -

After the entire nation had been circumcised, they stayed where they were in the camp until they recovered.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:7 -

May they vanish like water that flows by;

may they aim their blunted arrows.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:6 -

in the morning it sprouts and grows;

by evening it withers and dries up.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:10 -

All the nations surrounded me;

in the name of the LORD I destroyed them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:11 -

They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me;

in the name of the LORD I destroyed them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:12 -

They surrounded me like bees;

they were extinguished like a fire among thorns;

in the name of the LORD I destroyed them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:4 -

Circumcise yourselves to the LORD;

remove the foreskin of your hearts,

men of Judah and residents of Jerusalem.

Otherwise, my wrath will break out like fire

and burn with no one to extinguish it

because of your evil deeds.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:25 -

“ ‘Look, the days are coming ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration ​— ​when I will punish all the circumcised yet uncircumcised:

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